ETF Investing Strategies: Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average Week 13

The first quarter of the experiment of Buy and Hold investing vs. a Moving Average Investing strategy using ETFs is over. Hard to believe it's already been 13 weeks.

Investor A (Buy and Hold) had a $450 increase for the week. His total portfolio value is $12,581.29 for a gain of 25.3%. The original investment was $10,044.

Investor B (50 day moving average/200 day moving average ETF investing) is holding two of the 10 ETFs from the balanced portfolio. His total portfolio had a small gain $10,023.70. His performance is -.2%.

Not doubt that Investor B is feeling frustrated because of the performance of Investor A, but it is important to note that this is a long-term ETF investing strategy, not a short-term trading strategy. The reason I started this experiment was to see if a relatively simple strategy could be created (in this case moving averages) that would be better in the long run than buy and hold investing. This last market crash and burn hurt quite badly, and if there is a way to avoid the next one (other than sitting in cash), then I'm all in.

The graphical representation by week is below. You can sign up for the free ETF Newsletter and I’ll send you weekly updates of the progress between Investors A and B.

(You can click on the graph and it will open in a bigger size making it easier to view.)